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The
official presence of
Roger Reini
on the World Wide Web
(for whatever that's worth)
The
current date and time is:
This
is the same site that
used to be at www.rreini.com and eventually may be there again, if
things work out. Some links may not be fully functional yet;
those will be corrected in due course.
New
(December 3, 2008): visit The Ford Story (http://www.thefordstory.com/)
-- I hope you like what you see
Who am I? I'm
Roger Reini, a man
who's spent some 40-odd years on this Earth, mostly in Texas (where I
grew up) and Michigan (where I currently live).
Where
I grew up: League
City, Texas -- not far from NASA's Johnson Space Center
Where I live:
Westland, Michigan -- a city named for a shopping mall
Where I blog: nowhere, at the moment
THE
BAHÁ'Í FAITH
The
Bahá'í Faith has been an important part of my
life since mid-1993, when I first began to study it. I've been a
Bahá'í since March 1994. There are many things
that attracted me to the Faith. For one thing, it makes so much sense.
It speaks so eloquently to the needs of today. For another... well,
perhaps you should read about it yourself. After all, independent
investigation of the truth is a key principle of the Faith. Feel free
to check out the links listed on the upper left of the page.
Be
sure to look at my pilgrimage journal as well; I visited the Holy Land
in December 2007 and prayed at the sacred Shrines of Bahá'u'lláh and
the Báb.
MUSIC
I took piano lessons when
I was young, but my main musical instrument, and my true love, is the
guitar. I started playing in 1976, right around the time I discovered
the group that Paul McCartney belonged to before Wings, a somewhat
obscure group from Liverpool known as the
Beatles :) . I have several guitars -- an acoustic
12-string, an acoustic bass, a Les Paul Jr. clone (the first electric
guitar I ever owned, a birthday present from Mom & Dad) -- but
the guitars I like the most are my
Rickenbackers.
Some of my musical
interests:
OTHER
ENTERTAINMENT
INTERESTS
I've been an admirer of
Tracey Ullman and
her work for many years -- since March 24, 1984, to be exact.
To see why, take a look at my site TTO:
Totally
Tracey Online.
I also enjoy The
Simpsons (which spun out of The
Tracey Ullman Show) and Star
Trek in all its forms, as well as Doctor Who and its
spinoffs (Torchwood,
The Sarah Jane
Adventures).
AMATEUR
RADIO
I
have been licensed as a radio amateur since January 2006 (my callsign
is KD8CSE) and am a member of the Ford Amateur Radio League.
Here's the start of my
page devoted to my radio activities.
CYCLING
I
had ridden bikes during my childhood and throughout college but stopped
as soon as I got my car. I got back into it in 2006.
I now
have one regular bike and one recumbent trike. Here's the
start of my page
devoted to my cycling activities.
ABUSE OF COPYRIGHT
I recently came across an
article that chilled
me. It commented on the ever-extending durations of
copyrights and on how this is leading to some very ominous trends
regarding creativity, free expression and the control of
content. I'll be composing my own thoughts on the subject and
posting them here soon.
TRAVEL
I've done a bit of
traveling in my life -- 41 of the 50 states, plus Canada, Mexico, the
UK, France, Finland and Israel. I've posted some travelogues
and
pictures from my journeys on the Travel
page.
WHEN I WAS YOUNG
Here's a page on my memories
of League
City
when I was a young boy. How the area has grown since then!
SPACE
I've had an interest in
the space program from my youngest days. No doubt, it was
fueled by my father's working for NASA for over 30 years until his
death. He helped put man on the moon, and that's something
I'm very proud of.
ALUMNI
If you knew me in high
school (Clear Creek H.S. in League City), you can read my profiles on
some of the sites dedicated to bringing together former classmates --
they're listed on the left. If you didn't know me, you can
still read my profiles! Or better yet, check this page dedicated to the
CCHS
class of 1981.
GAMES
Game shows have become
the in thing; to the left, you can see a few of my favorite
links. Not all of them are TV shows; when I was in Southern
California in June 1998, I discovered an addictive radio quiz program
called Hooked
On
Trivia airing on KFMB in San
Diego (it's no longer on the air, though).
RADIO
Here are a few links to
stations that I listen to, either over the air or via the
Net. I especially recommend the Janice Long show on BBC Radio
2 (Sunday-Thursday, 7 PM-10 PM Detroit time; Monday-Friday, midnight-3
AM, London time). I'm also a big fan of satellite radio, both
XM
Radio and Sirius
Satellite Radio.
HDTV
High-definition
television (HDTV) is the wave of the future. And I
was
one of the early surfers in Detroit. I'll describe my
experiences with receiving and watching
HDTV in
Detroit;
check back here for updates.
FOLDING@HOME
I'm participating in a
distributed computing experiment called Folding@Home,
which studies how proteins fold and rearrange themselves. The
results might lead to breakthroughs in the treatment of Alzheimer's
disease, mad cow disease, Parkinson's disease and other
disorders. I'm using my iMac computer's spare computing
cycles to do the calculations. I sure hope it finds something
useful.
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Last updated
December
27,
2008
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